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Latham & Watkins hires former deputy assistant attorney general in Washington DC
Andrew Forman joins after nearly three years in Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
Baker McKenzie completes 2025 partner promotions with 41-strong international round
Summer tally follows 18 Americas promotions in January with the overall proportion of women dipping slightly to 47%
IP specialist Fish & Richardson promotes chief legal risk officer to GC role
Elham Dehbozorgi is replacing Roger Feldman, who is retiring after more than two decades at the firm
Casey Ryan to extend tenure as Reed Smith’s global managing partner
Ryan ran unopposed and will begin new four-year term on 1 January 2026
Latham & Watkins hires top M&A partner from Wachtell in New York
Zach Podolsky’s departure from Wachtell marks a rare lateral move away from elite US firm
Vinson & Elkins makes trio of US partner hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts
New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence
AI platform Genesys to promote GC to CLO role as veteran legal chief steps down
Allen Chiu will replace Jim René, who has been CLO since Genesys was sold by Alcatel-Lucent in 2012
LexisNexis and AI platform Harvey strike legaltech partnership deal
Strategic alliance will allow Harvey users to tap into LexisNexis’s AI-assisted legal content
Group of four former US federal enforcers set up antitrust plaintiff boutique
Simonsen Sussman co-founded by three ex-FTC lawyers and DOJ attorney
US Appeals court upends $300m jury verdict against Apple for SEP infringement
Court found that the format of the verdict form was flawed
Akin makes second double partner hire in Chicago from Mayer Brown
Arrival of Joshua La Vigne and Jessica Pan follows hire of Wendy Dobson Gallegos and Jason Wagenmaker last month
Robot chef-maker Circus Group hires GC from German defence tech company Helsing
Former Microsoft lawyer Sasha Borovik joins ahead of defence industry expansion
‘AI will never replace connoisseurship in the art world’: Withers’ Mari-Claudia Jiménez
Withers new art advisory head discusses AI innovations in art, her long career at Sotheby’s, high-profile transactions and her personal art collection
Travers Smith, Simpson Thacher guide £1.7bn NHS landlord take-private
Travers guides Assura on acquisition by Simpson Thacher-repped KKR and Stonepeak
Former Sotheby’s chair joins Withers to head art advisory practice in New York
Mari-Claudia Jiménez will also co-lead the firm’s global art practice with London-based partner Sarah Barker